Mack Kalish — freelance photographer, Toronto. Esports, events and portrait photography.

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◆SYSTEM // WHO'S BEHIND THE MASK

THE ONE
HOLDING THE CAMERA

I run the whole operation solo — shooting, editing, delivery, the business side, all of it. Days are Lightroom and Photoshop; off-hours are gaming, anime, and comics, which is exactly why my portfolio is full of esports arenas and why this site looks like a Persona menu.

MACK KALISHFREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
  • BASEToronto · YYZ
  • WEAPONMirrorless + fast glass
  • SPECIALTYEsports · Events
  • SUPPORT SKILLBuilds his own apps
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◆PERSONA // MASKS I SHOOT BEHIND

EVERY GIG IS A
DIFFERENT MASK

VIEW GALLERY ↗ Paper Rex lifting the trophy at VCT Toronto P.01

Esports

VCT Toronto, GOML, Red Bull Tetris, the Canadian Game Awards. Stage lights, clutch moments, the crowd losing it — my home turf.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ Award show and event coverage P.02

Events

Award shows, engagements, mitzvahs, birthdays, corporate nights. Coverage that reads like a story, not a shot list.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ Portrait photography P.03

Portraits

People, as themselves.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ Sports photography P.04

Sports

Motion, frozen at the peak.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ Product and food photography P.05

Product & Food

Clean, hungry-making light.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ In-game virtual photography P.06

Digital / In-Game

Shot entirely inside video games. Same eye, same composition instincts — a different world to point the lens at.

 VIEW GALLERY ↗ Real estate and interior photography P.07

Real Estate & Spaces

Resorts, interiors, architecture — rooms that make you want to book the trip.

Full galleries live at mack.camera.

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◆HANGOUT // WHAT I'M ON RIGHT NOW

CURRENTLY
WATCHING & READING

Updated whenever the rotation changes.

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◆BLOG // THOUGHTS, LOGGED

FROM THE
NOTEBOOK

Read every post ↗

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◆THIEVES DEN // SIDE QUESTS

WHEN I'M NOT
SHOOTING

The camera pays the bills, but I build my own tools too. When Lightroom or an off-the-shelf app doesn't do what I need, I make the thing.

SIDE QUEST · iOS

Shoot Day Companion

Call sheet, shot checklist, and live moment logger for event shoots. AI shot ideas, schedule-photo import, Live Activity, iCloud sync. On my phone via TestFlight.

STATUS: SHIPPED
SIDE QUEST · LIGHTROOM

Mack Cull

A Lightroom Classic plugin that scores, flags, and de-dupes a shoot, then spits out a coverage report. Built for my own culling speed.

STATUS: IN CALIBRATION
SIDE QUEST · DESKTOP

Kalendar

A frosted-glass taskbar calendar for Windows, wrapped in a real installer. Because I wanted my calendar where my eyes already were.

STATUS: SHIPPED
CONFIDANT INTERESTS // Gaming Anime Comics Esports Building Apps
REQUEST // ALL-OUT ATTACK

TAKE
YOUR SHOT

Got an event, a launch, a tournament, a face that needs a frame? Send the request. I answer fast and I show up ready.

✕  EMAIL MACK ◯  SEE THE WORK